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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: castlefields_villan on November 18, 2016, 01:15:18 PM

Title: Brighton (A) 1983
Post by: castlefields_villan on November 18, 2016, 01:15:18 PM
Afternoon All,

With the team at Brighton tonight - playing them in the league for the first time in 33 years - I just wondered if anyone remembers going to the awful 0-0 draw at the old Goldstone in March 1983 ?

My memories of it don't really extend past sitting on the seafront in the car after listening to the end of the League Cup Final.
Title: Re: Brighton (A) 1983
Post by: nigel on November 18, 2016, 01:53:42 PM
I remember driving down with a mate for a night game, late 70's.
Got all the way there only to find game had been called off
Title: Re: Brighton (A) 1983
Post by: adrenachrome on November 20, 2016, 01:51:32 AM
Yes, I remember it all too well.

I had moved to Brighton the year before and I got a ticket in the South Stand on the day. The Villa fans were at the other end and their numbers were very small, to say the least.

The main memory was Gary Shaw getting a crunching tackle to the ankle and shouting out "Fucking Hell!" to which a Brighton fan nearby shouted out "You're not wrong, mate".

Ghastly.
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